Digital

  • Technology Assurance Framework – what we learned from Major Digital Project Reviews in 2024-25

    11th September 2025 by

    Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. In 2024-25, 37 major digital project reviews were completed under the Technology Assurance Framework (TAF). These reviews generated 288 recommendations for improvement. The Digital Assurance Office (DAO), who administer the TAF, have analysed these recommendations to identify common challenges and are sharing these to support others…

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  • The Social Security Programme – approach to integrated assurance

    5th February 2025 by

    Guest blog from Lois MacFadyen, Head of the Digital Assurance Office. The Social Security Programme was set up to build and implement the new Social Security System in Scotland, making arrangements for the delivery of 17 benefits.  The design and development work on the first end to end service started in October 2017 and the…

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  • Planning – insights from the Technology Assurance Framework

    29th January 2025 by

    Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. Planning is one of the Scottish Government’s programme and project management principles and is described as ‘considering all aspects of our projects and continuously planning, managing dependencies, agreeing and refining evidence based assumptions, and reporting on progress against milestones throughout.’  Planning has been identified…

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  • Technology Assurance Framework – insights on resourcing and capability

    25th June 2024 by

    Guest blog by Berit Braun, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. The Digital Assurance Office (DAO), who administer the Technology Assurance Framework (TAF), share the lessons learned from their assurance reviews to support others to deliver effectively. This blog shares our insights on the improvements project teams had to make to ensure they had the…

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